Laity-LSA in the world
The International Laity Commission for the Sharing of the Charism has existed for 21 years, continuing a history built by many people. Currently, it is made up of six members: Sister María José Vallejo, from Spain; Sister Patience Maphashi, from Burkina Faso; Norma Benítez, from the United States; Georges Lubamba, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Jordi Gomes, from Spain; and Solange Galdino, from Brazil.
It is with great joy that we present the document “Laity in the world,” elaborated with the participation of lay people from several countries. Its mission is to bring together the fraternities spread all over the world through a communication network that favors sharing and mutual help, supporting and strengthening the groups within the great universal family, just as the founders desired: Father Pernet and Antoinette Fage.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the preparation and translation… and in a special way to Isa Moreno for the formatting.
Solange Galdino, International Laity Commission for the Sharing of the Charism
Sometimes we are so immersed in the day-to-day of our reality, of our group, that we forget how many people share this same path in other places. There are lay men and women linked to the Little Sisters of the Assumption in Africa, America, Europe, and Asia, living the same charism from very different realities.
That is why this document is born from the desire to know each other better, to put a face to this community, and to discover who we are, where we are, and how we live the spirituality of the Little Sisters in each place. It gathers the contributions of the groups themselves and is designed to keep growing and being updated with new experiences.
The beautiful thing about going through its pages is discovering how many ways there are to live this path. Each group has its history, its needs, and its way of getting involved. Some focus more on formation or accompaniment; others develop social, educational, or community projects. By getting to know them, we find experiences that are familiar to us and others that give us ideas for our own groups.
That is what this is all about: getting to know each other, sharing what we do, and learning from one another. To feel that we do not walk alone and to continue giving life, together, to something that is already present in so many corners of the world.
Alberto Romero Vallejo, Member of the Youth and Vocation Ministry Team of Spain
